“assault weapons” and high capacity magazines. Recently there was a school shooting on an Oregon college campus making this the 45th school shooting in Oregon this year. President Barack Obama addressed the issue and described how gun control is one of the most frustrating issues he has faced during his time in office. Is gun control really the answer or will the ban of high capacity firearms and “assault rifles” cause more problems for U.S. citizens. I see the ban of "assault weapons" and other
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Nuclear weapons were introduced to the Asian continent in 1945‚ by the United States. The United States succeeded in nuclear weapon development all thanks to the Manhattan Project team. Thus the United States developing its nuclear weaponry‚ the fears of the Soviet Union amplified and many other powers joined the nuclear arms race. President Truman at the time‚ approved the August 6‚ 1945 bombing of Hiroshima. Since the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima took place‚ more Asian nations have gone
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made the decision to continue the research and development of thermonuclear weapons. He wrote a letter to Crawford H. Greenewalt asking him to take charge of overseeing the designs‚ construction‚ and operation of the new site to produce plutonium. They set up distant sites across the country and ended up having operations in 32 states. During the Manhattan Project the main focus was on the development of fission weapons but work on the hydrogen bomb was also taking place. In the study for the hydrogen
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of nuclear weapons. Subsequently‚ the World Health Organisation (WHO) requested for an advisory opinion by the ICJ in 1993.17 The International Court of Justice dismissed the request by WHO however on the ground that the organisation did not have mandate to request for advisory opinions as is required by the UN Charter.18 In 1994‚ the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which again requested the ICJ to render a advisory opinion explaining if the "use or threat to use nuclear weapons in any circumstance
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Nuclear weapons are the deadliest weapon ever created by the human being‚ “Western newspapers struggled to explain how thousands of American‚ British and Canadian scientists had managed to harness the power of the sun to such deadly effect” ‚ becoming weapons of mass annihilation. Though‚ do they provide us security? It’s true that they can provide nuclear deterrence‚ but can they actually physically protect us against a nuclear attack? The answer is no. Thus‚ possessing them doesn’t make us any
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develop and test weapons of mass destruction because it can kill millions‚It’s expensive and has lack of morals. On August 6‚ 1945 Harry S. Truman‚ had to make a world changing and tough decision. The United States dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb all over Japan‚Hiroshima.The explosion destroyed 90% of the city and very quickly killed about 80‚000 people and later on because of radiation exposure ‚ 10‚000 people died. The United States shouldn’t make and test weapons of mass destruction
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responsible for making extremely challenging decisions in which the consequences would later affect the course of history itself. Within 20 years‚ the United States was faced with a choice of utilizing a weapons of mass destruction in both Japan and Cuba. In both cases‚ the choice to use of weapons of mass destruction against Japan and Cuba was based on the United States’s desire to prevent the loss of American lives from the result of surface warfare. The United States used the Atomic bombs on Japan
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As the development of nuclear weapons during World War II gave rise to an age of great technological advancements‚ it also created an era of panic because if in the wrong hands‚ it could potentially lead to the destruction of the world. Both Allied and Axis powers devised several programs to construct weapons of mass destruction‚ but were in dire need of a single key ingredient that was scarcely available in large enough quantities. As Nazi submarine‚ U-234‚ surrendered to U.S forces on May 16th
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to the war than to care for the millions of Japanese lives who were innocent. They had in their hands the weapon that was capable of bringing speed for the Japanese surrender‚ so they used it. Admiral William Leahy stated‚ “I was not taught to make wars in that fashion‚ and that wars cannot be won by destroying women and children.” (Document K: Critics of Trumans Decision to Use Atomic Weapons) He meant by this is we would of easily won without murdering people living in the cities because of their
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Why have nuclear weapons not been used in conflict since 1945? Nuclear weapons have only ever been used once in human history‚ and that was during World War II when The United States deployed missiles on Japanese territory‚ in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. At the time of bombing in 1945 only the USA had developed nuclear weapons‚ whilst today the pool of states consisting of nuclear weapons is still extremely small‚ with only nine states laying claim to nuclear technology and weaponry. This nuclear
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